Posted on 08/06/2018 8:47:29 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Apple confirmed on Monday that it had removed five out of six podcasts, which includes Jones' infamous The Alex Jones Show.
Facebook has also removed four pages that belong to Jones.
Both companies said Jones violated hate speech policies on their respective platforms.
Apple and Facebook clamped down on content by Alex Jones Monday, with the former pulling five of his podcasts and the latter removing four pages controlled by him.
Apple confirmed on Monday that it had removed five out of six podcasts, which includes Jones' infamous "The Alex Jones Show" as well as a number of other InfoWars audio streams. The news was originally reported by BuzzFeed News.
Jones, a controversial conspiracy theorist who has claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, has been hit with other content bans from the likes of Google's YouTube and Spotify.
Apple's move seems slightly more dramatic — the company has taken down entire libraries of InfoWars podcasts, rather than a select few episodes.
"Apple does not tolerate hate speech, and we have clear guidelines that creators and developers must follow to ensure we provide a safe environment for all of our users," an Apple spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.
"Podcasts that violate these guidelines are removed from our directory making them no longer searchable or available for download or streaming. We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions."
Facebook ban
Later on Monday morning, Facebook announced it was removing four of Jones' pages for persistently uploading content in breach of the social network's content guidelines.
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Absolutely! If a ferry operator doesn't want to carry black people on his boat, why he has a right to refuse them, even if that is the only reasonable way to get across the river!
Oh so you are saying it’s okay for other people, States, Enties can stomp all over your Rights?
Quit being the token cuckservative like George Will that plays along in order to go along.
For the record, Facebook and Google are DARPA projects disguised as private companies. This is why they never want to go to court because through discovery it would be found they are a DARPA project. This, they are in complete violation.
As for Apple they are complying with the Communists Chinese. That’s who you are siding with Communists.
You should always defend free speech even if you don’t like it. The media today is a weaponized propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. Try to see the bigger picture. This is about the 2018 and 2020 elections.
We’ll fight on. Thanks.
When they came for the Jews...
See posts 47 and 50.
And this is the thing that so many don't grasp. The Nazi formulation involved "private" owned companies under Government control. The first thing the Nazis did is declare all companies smaller than a certain capitalization value were "out of business."
This left them with only companies larger than a certain amount, and it greatly reduced the efforts necessary to control them all.
If we allow this to continue, we will see this hybrid "Government/Private" system used by the Nazis.
Sounds like Facebook, Spotify, Youtube and Apple are making editorial decisions about what gets published,
Are they now responsible for all content?
Follow him here: https://gab.ai/RealAlexJones
Infowars 24/7 livestream here: https://gab.ai/tv/watch/6671
Again, I am not a lawyer, but is there any way Jones and other people banned by YouTube and Facebook go to federal courts and use NJ ruling as a precedent?
FAKEBOOK’S only standard is the DOUBLE standard!
I am defending the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights found in the US Constitution. I suggest you read it and then let me now if that is what this discussion is about or if are discussing some other kind of rights.
Maybe you can explain what rights you are talking about. I am still looking for that “right to have an opinion” but cannot seem to find it. Has anyone denied your “right” to your opinion?
You keep ranting about Google and Facebook but the discussion is about Apple banning Alex Jone’s podcast on iTunes. Or is Apple a DARPA project as well?
They will shut us up and kill us, if we let them. Trump cannot allow this to stand.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” - First Amendment to the United States Constitution
They are monopolies. How about DirecTV and cable takes Fox News off because of “hate”?
Yep that’s the first Amendment.
Alex Jones has been doing the same thing every day for well over a decade, but Facebook, YouTube, and Apple all decide within hours that he suddenly violates their “community guidelines.” Sure, OK...
The same leftists who spent the last 2 weeks defending Sarah Jeong & James Gunn for their offensive online speech are now celebrating Infowars being banned for offensive speech.
“It’s OK when we do it.”
Because it’s not even about pretending to be fair anymore...
It’s about enforcing the Fake Stream News echo chamber down our throats.
Sargon of Akkad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lPhSreTkXc
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